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Away for the weekend for Reviews—My first onsite reviews

My family and I are taking a weekend getaway. If anyone read my post about the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, then you already know about it. If you haven’t read it, please check it out: Pittsburgh Children’s Museum upcoming review

We’re very excited about it. Even though we only live about an hour and 45 minutes away, we’ve never been to the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum. To top it off we’re also going to be reviewing the Doubltree Hotel of Pittsburgh which is right in downtown. The kids are very excited about that. The idea of staying in a hotel sound like so much fun to them. I lived in downtown Pittsburgh for a short while. I used to think how nice the DoubleTree would be to stay at. They are part of the Hilton family of hotels.

The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh has so many fun things to do. I’m most excited about “The Nursery” room for my 1 year old son. With cause and effect activities, art bridge and texture paths and lots more.
The older boys are looking forward to…well…everything. The Garage and Workshop, Waterplay, and all those. Plus, the traveling Curious George exhibit is there this month!

The Doubletree of Pittsburgh is where we will be staying the weekend. I have been extended nothing but great customer service and a welcoming attitude so far and we haven’t even arrived yet. The DoubleTree of Pittsburgh offers amenities like a complimentary shuttle that will take us to the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh from the DoubleTree. They’re putting a crib in our hotel room which is great. We don’t have to drag the pack and play along. They have a fitness room and indoor pool. The kids and even my hubby are excited about the pool. They even offer notary services, copying services, and foreign currency exchange for your business trips. You can follow The Double Tree of Pittsburgh on twitter: @DoubletreePgh
If you decide to follow them, let them know that @angiewith3 sent you 🙂

When I live in downtown Pittsburgh one of my favorite things was looking out the big window of my 15th floor apart at all the beautiful lights of the city. Fireworks weren’t rare either. Whether they were for a Pirates game, the Regatta, New year’s, or whatever it seemed like there were fireworks several times a month for something. The gorgeous overlook of Mount Washington. Going down to point park to see the tree rivers and the Gateway Clippers going by. You can see Heinz field from Point Park. Yea you know, where the Steelers play. GO STEELERS!

I’m hoping we have enough time to make it to the Strip District which is not far from the DoubleTree of Pittsburgh or the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. They have neat and unique shops and restaurants. (No night life for me, this is a family trip this time. Though, they do have some great bars and clubs in Pittsburgh as well). My family and I can’t decide where we want to eat while we’re there. I love The Melting Pot while the kids and hubby want to go to the Quaker Steak. I think the Hard Rock Cafe Pittsburgh would be fun too. We’ll see.

I won’t be in the blogosphere this weekend so I’ll get back to you all and catch up on email on Monday. Man, I really wish I had a laptop. I’d even settle for a netbook at this point.

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Indizona review and giveaway, part of "A Bonanzle Bonanzle event" CLOSED

Indizona sells an assortment of collectible items and new and used items. Everything from cookbooks, collectible matchbooks, sewing patterns, and more. Also included in her shop, Debbie (of Indizona) wrote her own cook booklet called “Mexican Gourmet Secrets Revealed” a how to booklet.

I received this cook booklet to review. This booklet is only 9 pages long but full of wonderful Mexican cooking tips. I don’t know about you but when I make tacos I’d buy the packages and used ground hamburger all the time. I didn’t really know how to do it any other way. This cook booklet has a great recipe for a Mexican Roast Beef using common ingredients. Very easy to read and follow along.

It’s fun to read how she came about writing this Mexican cook booklet as well: Click here to read about it

This booklet also tells you how to roll tacos using corn tortillas, flour tortillas, enchilada, and burritos so they don’t fall apart. There are illustrations to show some of the steps as well. She even goes into detail about the best type of meat to use and how many tacos each lb. will make.

It seems Debbie has thought of everything for the how-to she’s written.

Check out the other items from Indizona as well.

Review Summary: good prices, great customer service, reasonable prices, and fast shipping make the Indizona’s booth on Bonanzle worth checking out.

GIVEAWAY

Debbie has offered to give 2 of of my readers a copy of Mexican Gourmet Secrets Revealed for their very own.

Mandatory Entry: This must be done to qualify for giveaway before any bonus entries
Read about “Mexican Gourmet Secrets Revealed” and tell me why you’d like to win a copy.

Bonus Entries: Leave a separate comment for each one you do. If it has a +1 after the entry leave 1 comment +3 leave 3 comments for that entry and so on..

1. Visit Indizona’s Booth and leave a comment in Debbie’s chat telling her you’re stopping by from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More (+3)

2. Follow FFCandM by google friend connect, networked blogs, email subscription (must be confirmed), and/or RSS feed. All located in my right hand column (+1 for each one completed)

3. Register for free on Bonanzle.com and leave your bonanzle handle (+5)

4. Enter any of my current giveaway and leave a comment telling which one(s) you entered (+1) for each one entered

5. Tweet about this giveaway on twitter:
” I entered to win a copy of “Mexican Gourmet Secrets Revealed” from @angiewith3 http://bit.ly/indizona” ” (+1)
can be done twice a day must have at least 2 hrs between tweets. Leave the link to your tweet in a comment. (to get the link, once tweeted, click on the time stamp. This will take you to a page that just shows that tweet. Copy the URL and paste in a comment below”

6. Post this message on your facebook status: ” I entered to win a copy of Mexican Gourmet Secrets Revealed from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More www.luvsavingmoney.info”

7. Like Indizona on facebook (+1)

2 Winner will be selected on Aug 27, 2010 at 10pm EST. Winner will be randomly selected using random.org.

***I was given a copy of Mexican Gourmet Secrets Revealed at no cost in order to complete a proper review. I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. All opinions expressed are my own. ***

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Unannounced Guest….I took pics

I was at my desk when my oldest son comes running in the house pointing to the door saying “Mom, mom, come and look at this hurry up!” The whole family went over to the front door and we saw this guest at our door.

I couldn’t believe how calmly he was sitting there. The 3 boys and I went out on to the porch. I was certain he would fly away as soon as the storm door opened but he just sat there. He began hopping around our front porch. It became clear to me that he must be injured. It was chirping as it hopped around the porch.

I guess he decided he had enough and started hopping down the stairs then.

We have pillars on our porch from the banister to the porch roof. The tops of the pillars stick out but there is a space between the flat top of the pillar edge and the roof. Birds often make their nests up there. This bird still had some baby bird fuzz but didn’t seem to be fresh out of the nest.

I instructed the boys not to touch him. My problems is I wanted to help him but I don’t know the first thing about helping an injured wild bird. He kept trying to fly and would only make it about a foot in the air and plopped back down.

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Fitness Coffee?? ok

I was on twitter when I found out about Fitness Coffee Gourmet Coffee. I checked out their site to see, “Why is it called “Fitness Coffee”??

I was interested to read about it. I found this information on their website:

A Healthy Way to Start the Day –

• The most functional all natural fitness beverage on the market
• Naturally rich in antioxidants with over 3.5x the antioxidants of green tea and significantly more than red wine
• Known to help consumers lose significant weight by naturally enhancing metabolism
• Gourmet Italian blend for a rich and full taste
• 100% all natural product with gourmet coffee and 16 of natures finest supplements
• Does not contain any artificial additives, sugars, flavors, GMO or MSG

http://www.fitnesscoffeeusa.com

I love my coffee in the morning. If this coffee does what it says, I may be their next loyal customer. A little pricey at $12.95 a bag but would an easy supplement in your weight loss and/or workout routine.

Be one of the first 5 bloggers to blog about Fitness Coffee and get a free 1/2 bag. Before me there was only one other blog listed. So if I take the number 2 spot there’s still 3 more openings. So go ahead my readers and earn yourself a free 1/2 bag. http://www.fitnesscoffeeusa.com/blog/?p=115

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The Cat’s Meow Review and Giveaway (Part of the A Bonanzle Bonanzle) CLOSED

The Cat’s Meow Bonanzle Booth is…well….the cat’s meow, as the saying goes. A collection of beautiful and unique items. Like this unique agate candle holder:

Or the neat little agate statuettes such as this Love birds one made from Mexican Onyx:

The Cat’s Meow also has lots of beautiful jewelry as well as gorgeous beads if you’re a jewelry maker yourself. FYI Liz of Cat’s Meow had this to say:

"I sell jewelry, beads, pendants, and 
collectible items here.  Much of my inventory consists of items I made.  
I do make jewelry. As far as the collectible items, I purchase the 
components separately and put them all together.  I have a blast doing 
this too."

I was able to review one of these lovely bracelet from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth :

Cubic Zirconia and Crystal Bracelet

 This isn't the exact one I reviewed, I have my own picture below.

   She has even more colors and styles.

 The bracelet I chose is Cubic Zirconia and Crystal.  The main part of the bracelet is clear beads

 while the decorative part is 2 rows of light purple with a row of pink down the middle.  One of several

 things I loved about this bracelet is the strong magnetic clasp.

I was able to put my own bracelet on in a flash without contorting my arm or having hubby

have to help me put it on.  You can see the clasp in the top photo.  Here is the COTA/L side in me

coming out again but magnetic clasps are great for someone with arthritis

or Fine Motor Coordination issues too.

The bracelet has a lovely sparkle.  I wore it around the house for a day to see if it would fall off

 (with the magnetic clasp)The magnetic clasp held up great!  So I decided to put it to the real test and wear it to work

with me the hospital. If it didn't fall off there it wasn't going to.  After my shift of lifting patients,

bumping around in the small rooms, typing up notes, teaching people dressing techniques, etc

the bracelet was still in good shape.

I also got quite a few comments on it from my coworkers.

 Also, You can see the little elk statuette next to the bracelet in the top pic.  That was an added gift.

 It's from Peru, made of soapstone.  Very cute.

There are many more beautiful pieces of jewelry, beads for crafts, candle holders, statuettes,

earrings, and pendants to ogle over.

Of course as I would have it on Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests and More, the prices are very affordable.

  My bracelet is listed as only $9.99

 The customer service I experienced from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth was pleasant and timely.

 Shipping was faster than expected with my piece.

Review Summary:  Beautiful, unique pieces, great customer service, fast and accurate shipping, good quality pieces,

as well as affordability makes The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth a must see booth when looking for a

beautiful or unique gift.

GIVEAWAY

Liz from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth is offering one of my readers an item of their choice up to a $30 value!

 MANDATORY ENTRY:   Visit The Cat's Meow and tell me in a comment, what you think you might choose if you win.

 Also, Liz would like to know, what attracted you to that item?  don't forget to leave your email address

so I can contact you if you win.  This must be completed first for any bonus entries to count.

Bonus Entries:  After you've completed mandatory entry, if you'd like, you can take advantage

of bonus entries for more chances to win.  If the entry says +1 after it leave one comment for that entry,

 +2 leave two comments for that entry and so on.

 1.  Leave a comment in The Cat's Meow chat (must sign into bonanzle or sign up for free bonanzle account)

that you're visiting from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests and More (+2)

 2.  Follow FFCandM via google friend connect, facebook, and/or networked blogs  gadgets in right hand column

(+1 for each one)

3.  Make a purchase from The Cat's Meow  and leave a comment saying you did (+5)

I will be checking this with The Cat's Meow

4.   Follow me, @angiewith3 on twitter (+1)

5.  Leave this comment in your facebook status and leave a comment with the link to your status

(works the same way as twitter status.

  after posting click on time stamp of status then copy and past the link on that page)

"I entered to win an item of my choice from The Cat's Meow http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/snowbearsmom and

Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More

www.luvsavingmoney.info"  (+2)

6.  Subscribe to FFCandM by email and/or RSS feed.  Must confirm email subscription to count.  (+2 for each)

7.  Tweet about this giveaway:   "I entered to win an item of my choice from The Cat's Meow

                                                  and @angiewith3 http://bit.ly/tcmbonanzle 8/24"       (+2)

8.  Vote for me on Top Mommy Blogs and leave a comment telling me you did. (+1)

9. Enter any of my other current giveaways and leave a comment telling me which one(s) (+1 for each one entered)

Giveaway is open worldwide with the exceptions of: Cuba, Mexico, and Iran.

1 winner will be drawn using random.org.

Winner will have 48 hours to respond to winners email. If no response a new winner will be chosen.

Winner drawn 8/24 at 10 pm est.

***I received an item to review at no cost.  I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post.

I was under no obligation to give a positive review.  All opinions expressed are my own***

RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBER 85.  WINNER HAS BEEN EMAILED

AND HAS 48 HOURS TO REPLY OR NEW WINNER WILL BE SELECTED.

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